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Previous Month's Loggings
4754 khz - 1304 utc - RRI Makassar (Ujung Pandang), Indonesia - (Bahasa Indonesia) - sio:212 - Weak to poor audio through local static.... Heard mentions of Jakarta and Indonesia in what sounded like Indonesian by man. I checked the other Indonesian frequencies I know and heard nothing -- just this one. Weird..... - (Sangean 803a, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 27 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 27 22:21
5020 khz - 1258 utc - UNID. (BBC), Solomon Islands? - (English) - sio:232 - BBC World Service in English; I've read on the internet that the Solomon Islands outlet here relays the BBC W.S. after certain hours.... was unable to remain tuned long enough to this to positively ID it. - (Sangean 803a / DX 440, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 27 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 27 22:15
189.0khz - 0300z - Iceland, - (Icelandic) - sio:243 - Not moving the S meter, but noted playing pop and country music on the north EWE antenna. No other Euro or African LW broadcasters heard. - (R71a, EWE antenna - Milwaukee, WI USA - 24 Nov. 02)
John Wilke WB9UAI - j999w at aol.com -Nov 26 04:00
5965 kHz - 07.00 utc - HCJB, Ecuador (Quito) - (EE) - sio:455 - A joint one hour special programme, combining DX Partyline with Saludos Amigos ("DX Amigos"). Presenters Allen Graham, Rachel Orr and Yvonne Kennedy talking live with listeners, via telephone, email and the internet. (I was in a rush to get to work and had little time to contribute, however, the programme made a great change from the usual "taped" b'cast.) - (Icom IC-R75 - Commtel "active" ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 23rd, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 23 23:36
7275 khz - 0418 utc - R. Tunis, Tunisia - (Arabic) - sio:434 - Fluttery signal, much stronger than previous logging -- was lighting 4 to 5 LEDs on my DX440 from 0440 until tuneout at 0511 u.t.c. Speech in Arabic by man and woman and varied music -- tribal chants (Berber?), and a lot of Arabic style music that is gentler sounding than what I've heard on V. Turkey and R. Kuwait -- less percussive, sparer arrangements, smoother, more laid-back vocal style. News at top of hour, and I finally got a positive ID, "Tunis" and "Tunisiyya" (Tu-nees, and Tuni-SEEyah). I also heard what sounded like a commercial promotion for musicians (or maybe music CDs?) at 0445-6, with snippets of music from various singers. - (Sangean 803a, Sangean 909, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA U.S.A. - 22 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 23 21:37
7375 khz - 1411 u.t.c. - R. Netherlands, Netherlands (Russian tx.) - (Dutch) - sio:323 - Dutch speech by two men, w/ music. Listed in WRTH as R. Netherlands Dutch sce. to SE Asia and E. Asia, with transmitter in Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka. - (DX 398, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 22 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 22 21:19
7340 khz - 1402 u.t.c. - V. of Russia (tent.), Russia - (chinese) - sio:344 - Chinese speech. Weak but clear signal. Listed as VOR's service to Far East in Chinese. - (DX 398 / Sangean 909, 100 ft wire - Seattle, WA USA - 22 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 22 21:08
7365 khz - 1414 u.t.c. - UNID., ??? - (Russian?) - sio:112 - Faint, jazzy music, sung by man; Russian sounding speech by man during fade-ups; Not parallel to R. Rossii's outlet on 7320 khz. Can't find anything Russian (or similar language)that fits this freq. and time spot on the internet, or in the WRTH -- except GTRK Kamchatka, which isn't supposed to be on this freq. at this time. Ideas? - (DX 398 / Sangean 909, 100 ft. wire. - Seattle, WA USA - 22 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 22 20:51
11550 kHz - 16.50 utc - Radio Taipei Int. (CBS) , Taiwan - (EE) - sio:111 - 233 (v) - Not exactly brilliant reception, fading away almost totally at times. With difficulty, I was able to establish that the program content was of, language education (English to "something-or-other"). At 16.59utc a neatly placed 'fade-out' corresponded with what I presume would have been the time for Taipei to ID itself. I did, however, hear the mention of Taipei and CBS at approx. 17.04utc, just as I was about to switch off and go home. / Full sched. for this Eng. Tx is 16.00 to 18.00utc, targeted to Asia. - (Panasonic RF-B45 - 1m telescopic ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - (static mobile) - Nov. 21st 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 22 00:04
9870 kHz - 16.15 utc - China Radio International, China (Beijing) - (EE) - sio:212 - News incl. the NATO summit in Prague. ID "CRI News" heard at 16.27. / 150kW Tx from Beijing, target not known. (full sched. 16.00 - 16.57utc) / Very little internet info on this particular b'cast. / High level of QRM from an unknown station on 9865kHz playing Asian style music. - (Panasonic RF-B45 - 1m telescopic ant. - Guernsey, Chan Isles. (UK) - (static mobile) - Nov. 21st, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 21 23:30
11560 kHz - 16.01 utc - Adventist World Radio, Guam (Agat) - (EE) - sio:244 - ID heard at beginning of Tx. ("Eng. b'cast from London" - although transmitted from Guam). / 100kW Tx. to S.Asia (16.00 - 17.00utc) / Parallel freq. 15495kHz also rec. at 16.35utc (similar sio). - (Panasonic RF-B45 - 1m telescopic ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - (static mobile) - Nov. 21st, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 21 23:04
11335 kHz - 15.42 utc - Voice of Korea, North Korea - (EE) - sio:232 - Fairly weak reception on a fairly basic set-up. Targeted to NAm. + Eu. / YL with Asian Mx at time of Rx. ID heard, if only as confirmation (had I not already suspected that the station was V.o.Korea, then the ID may have been less certain). / Parallel freq. 7505kHz also heard (sio:111). - (Panasonic RF-B45 1m telescopic ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - (static mobile) - Nov. 21st, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 21 22:45
4883 khz - 1320 u.t.c. - China Radio Int'l, China (Hohhot) - (prob. Russian) - sio:122 - Very faint signal, definitely 4883 khz., with man and woman speaking what definitely sounded like Russian on the signal peaks. A bit more readable in LSB. Listed on the internet as China Radio's service to the Russian Far East. At 1356 there was some Chinese sounding music, and then at 1400 u.t.c. they switched languages, to something that sounded like Japanese or Korean, but the signal was too grainy to decipher anything by then (I see from internet listings it was probably Mongolian). - (Sangean 909, Sangean 803A - Seattle, WA USA - 21 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 21 22:01
7275 khz - 0455 u.t.c. - Radio Tunis (tentative), Tunisia - (Arabic?) - sio:112 - Chanting, singing by a woman, almost a wailing sound, very faint signal; some of it I had to receive by tuning to LSB. At 0500 the singing/wailing stopped, and a man spoke, what sounded like Arabic (or poss. a S. Asian language). Then more singing, mostly by a woman; at 0600 the signal began to strengthen, with a news report that had mentions of Washington, America, and Pakistan. Then an interview or drama piece, with a man and woman, and more music. The louder the signal got, the more the language sounded like Arabic. Around 0620 the signal peaked at S8 on my DX 398 (4 LEDs on my DX 440) -- and soon started fading. By the time they switched off the carrier at 0659 u.t.c. the signal had faded back to SIO 111. It's a tentative logging because I didn't hear any IDs or anything that would positively identify this station. - (DX 398 / Sangean 909, DX 440 / Sangean 803a, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 21 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 21 21:32
7115 khz - 0405 utc - Radio Free Iraq (tent.), USA, tx. in Germany? - (Arabic) - sio:222 - Arabic sounding speech, Arabic sounding music (unison strings, hand drums); some QRM from amateur CW; speech by man and woman, including what sounded like interviews; signal faded almost completely out around 0430, and started slowly fading back by 0500; sounded like news at 0500 by man, then several interesting pieces of music until they pulled the plug at 0559 utc, when signal was SIO 344.. - (Sangean 909 / DX 398, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 19 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton at yahoo.com -Nov 19 12:44
11900 khz - 0131 utc - All India Radio, India - (unid.) - sio:322 - A.I.R.'s service to Tibet, with men chanting (monks?), someone ringing chimes, then more chanting; woman speaking a language that sounded like a cross between Chinese and Turkish, mix of pop and jazzy sounding music; clear signal with some QSB; s / off at 0159. - (Sangean 909 / DX 398, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 19 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 19 12:31
11585 khz - 2140 utc - Kol Israel (tent.), Israel - (Hebrew?) - sio:323 - Tuned in to a fluttery signal, with a woman singing a Billy Joel song. Woman speaking a gutteral sounding language (Hebrew?), mentioned Shimon Peres; then a string of liners and commercials from 2143 to 2145 utc. Sounded like news at top of hour, didn't recognise an ID. - (Sangean 909 / DX 398, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 18 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 19 12:24
11620 khz - 0120 utc - All India Radio, India - (Urdu) - sio:434 - Tuned in to a man singing, w/ tablas and plucked string instruments, tamburas.... fluttery signal, but clear. Speech in what sounded like Hindi (Urdu) by woman; it sounded like she may have put the wrong song on by accident (song abruptly cut off, she says something, a different song starts); signal faded to SIO 122 or less by 0211 u.t.c. AIR to Pakistan listed this time and freq. - (Sangean 803a, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 18 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 19 12:15
6175 khz - 1410 utc - Voice Of Islam (tent.), Malaysia - (Malay?) - sio:222 - Heard chanting behind Chinese station; children and men singing; and a woman speaking, including mentions of 'Islam', 'Muhammad', and 'Kuala Lumpur'. - (Sangean 803a, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 16 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 19 11:58
4845 khz - 1225 u.t.c. - Radio K'ekchi, TGVC, Guatemala - (unid.) - sio:211 - Rather grainy audio from fading signal, static; sounded like Mexican ranchero music; heard positive "Radio K'ekchi" ID at 1230 u.t.c., before it faded out completely. Murphy's law in reverse this time. - (Sangean 803a, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 16 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 19 11:54
9950 khz - 1630 utc - All India Radio, India - (Hindi) - sio:322 - Man and woman speaking Hindi, music with sarod, tabla; and also a long piece with women or children singing and sounds like the stamping of their feet. Faded to SIO 222 by 1715 u.t.c. - (Sony ICF 5900w, Sangean 803a, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 14 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 19 11:43
10330 khz - 1540 utc - All India Radio, India (Chennai, others?) - (???) - sio:323 - Music w/ tablas, tamburas, female singers, and a woman announcer. Signal faded to SIO 122 by 1649 u.t.c. - (Sangean 803A / DX 440, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA USA - 14 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 19 11:24
7115.0khz - 0100z - Radio Yugoslavia, YUGOSLAVIA - (EE) - sio:444 - Interval signal into sign on in english on this non-published frequency. S off with national anthem 0130z. Announced 6100, 7230, 9580khz, but not audiable here. - (Icom R71a, vert - Milwaukee, WI USA - 17November02)
John Wilke WB9UAI - j999w at aol.com -Nov 18 01:27
5835 kHz - 23.55 utc - Radio Free Afghanistan, Sri Lanka (Iranawila) - (Pashto) - sio:455 - Very slight fading, otherwise I would have been tempted to rate the SIO as 555. / A cracking signal which, according to HFCC info., is being transmitted from Sri Lanka. A parallel freq. (5910kHz) from Germany is far weaker (SIO:333). Both transmissions are quoted as being 500kW. / OM and YL, with Mx in "bursts" at time of Rx. (Unsure of actual prog. content, due to lang. barrier.) - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 17th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 18 00:28
13640 kHz - 18.50 utc - Radio Telefis Eireann, 'Ireland' (Sackville relay - CAN) - (EE) - sio:333 (var.) - Sport and Wx. Followed by ID in Eng. (RTE Radio FM). - The transm. concluded abruptly with Mx, after a brief report in Gaelic. / This Tx targeted to NAm. and Af. (sched. 18.30 to 19.00utc) / Talking of time scheds; the Tx shut down time of my previous VOIRI entry should read 01.27 (not 00.27). My appologies. (I think I'll blame that "annoying hetrodyne sound" disrupting my brain cell:-) - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 17th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 17 19:36
6135 kHz - 01.10 utc - Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRIB), Iran (Kamalabad) - (EE) - sio:423 - Mx (Jean Michel Jarre) between reports, followed by a more detailed report on Iraq and the UN. / (Very annoying hetrodyne disrupting listening "comfort".) / Full Eng. sched. to Am. 00.30 to 00.27utc (ID heard before s/down) - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 17th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 17 02:04
6130 kHz - 01.00 utc - PBS Xizang Holy Tibet (pres), China (Xian) - (Tibetan) - sio:333 - YL and OM with oriental Mx. / Parallel Tx. 4905 + 4920 + 5240 + 7385kHz also rec. with lower SIO ratings. (Freq. info. obtained from Eike Bierwirth's "Comp. SW B'cast. Sched." webpage) / QRM on 6130kHz from IRIB - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 17th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 17 01:47
- - , - () - sio: - hello Art N2AH from Hank N2GCN - (Sony ICF 2010 - Plainview,NY - )
Hank Lukas, N2GCN - n2gcn at hotmail.com -Nov 16 21:14
11605 kHz - 1730z - Kol Israel, Israel - (EE) - sio:444 - Fifteen minute english broadcast, including news of yesterday's terrorist attack in Hebron. Parallel 17545 kHz was stronger, but had more interference. Into french at 1745z. - (Kenwood R-1000, 135 foot dipole with tuned feeders - Long Island, NY - 16 November)
Art, N2AH - n2ah at hotmail.com -Nov 16 19:15
17870 kHz - 1700z - Channel Africa, South Africa - (EE) - sio:343 - News followed by "South Africa Today" discussing the arrest of Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive James Kilgore in Capetown. Some signal fading, but generally improving signal strength. - (Kenwood R-1000, 135 foot dipole with tuned feeders - Long Island, NY - 16 November)
Art, N2AH - n2ah at hotmail.com -Nov 16 19:10
9590 - 0000 - Radio Sweden Int'l, Sweden - () - sio:323 - AM, Swedish, appeared to have been switched on to the wrong freguency. Radio Canada was on with As It Happens(CBC Radio One), Radio Sweden interval signal came on under Radio Canada, than took off right away. - (Sony,ICF-2010 - Plainview,New York - 11-16-02)
Hank Lukas, N2GCN - n2gcn at hotmail.com -Nov 16 01:02
9950 kHz - 21.40utc - All India Radio, India - (EE) - sio:555 - Very strong Eng. b'cast to Eu.+ Oc. (20.45 - 22.30utc) / Several 'spur' frequencies were also received around this time in 50kHz spaces; IE. 10000 + 10050 + 10100kHz with signal strength reducing respectively. (The audio on the spur freqs. are very distorted.) / I had read an E-mail posted to HCDX regarding this occurrance, but had not heard it myself before now. - (Icom IC-R75 - Commtel active ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 14th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 14 22:56
9355 kHz - 23.59 utc - WEWN, USA (Vandiver?) - (Spanish) - sio:122 - Mystery solved (see prev. entry). / Now positively ID'd as WEWN - 'Global Catholic Radio', (run by the Eternal Word TV Network). / ID heard and checked on website. / Full sched. 23.00 - 03.00utc and targeted to Latin America. - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 13th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 14 00:24
9355 kHz - 22.40 utc - R. Taipei Int. (CBS) - (via WYFR), USA (Okeechobee) - (EE) - sio:444 - Learning Chinese Language programme heard at time of Rx. / ID heard at approx. 22.57utc followed by a short song and ID for WYFR before shut down at 23.00utc / Unid. station then heard after s/down with OM talking in a 'flat' manner, language not known - pos. Spanish, ? (sio:122). (Any ideas welcomed.) - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 13th, 2002 )
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 13 23:34
7255 khz - 1415 utc - All India Radio (tentative), India - (poss. Dari, Pashto) - sio:122 - South Asian music, speech by man; alone on frequency; had to tune to 7256 to avoid splatter from 7250 khz. Signal got stronger until tuneout at 1435 u.t.c. AIR's broadcasts to Afghanistan are listed for this freq. during this time period. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA U.S.A. - 13 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 13 21:31
6045 khz - 1354 u.t.c. - All India Radio (tentative), India - (prob. Nepali and Urdu) - sio:112 - I heard South Asian music, speech by woman, beneath Chinese (Nei Menggu) station on this frequency, especially audible during phone side of Chinese conversation after 1424 u.t.c., when signal began to fade up. Several South Asian musical pieces with female singers. Station was almost equal in strength to Nei Menggu by 1433 u.t.c. Heard several words that sounded Hindustani. A.I.R.'s services to Nepal, and to Pakistan, are listed on this frequency during this time period.. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA U.S.A. - 13 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 13 21:15
7210 khz - 1333 utc - V. Vietnam, Vietnam (Hanoi) - (Vietnamese) - sio:334 - Mentions of Hanoi, Vietnam, news read by woman. Included sound bites of speeches, like parliament or government. Woman singing with orchestra / band backing at 1343 u.t.c. Parallel programming on 5975 khz, beneath a very strong station (poss. Korea) broadcasting in Chinese. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA U.S.A. - 13 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 13 19:36
6045 khz - 1255 u.t.c. - Nei Menggu, China (Hohhot) - (Chinese) - sio:344 - Chinese speech by man and woman, at 1300 u.t.c. it sounded like news. Signal got stronger by 1350, when it sounded like a Mongolian (or similar sounding language) lesson, then after 1400 u.t.c. a Chinese man fielded phone calls. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA U.S.A. - 13 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 13 19:17
6195 khz - 1218 u.t.c. - Nei Menggu (tentative), China (Hohhot) - (Mongolian) - sio:112 - Programming beneath the BBC's service to SE Asia that was parallel to the Mongolian programming on 4525 khz. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA U.S.A. - 13 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 13 19:06
4525 khz - 1217 u.t.c. - Nei Manggu, China (Hohhot) - (Mongolian) - sio:212 - Mongolian speech by woman, very weak, but clear and readable signal. Signal faded up from weak to fair / good strength by 1401 u.t.c., when there were time pips, a national anthem played, ID's of some sort (I think I heard mentions of 'Nei Menggu') by man and then woman; then what sounded like the news. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA U.S.A. - 13 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 13 19:01
7270 khz - 1247 utc - RT Malaysia, Sarawak (Kuching) - (????) - sio:234 - Man solo chanting in Iban or Malay, clear on channel. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA U.S.A. - 13 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 13 18:51
5860 khz. - 1232 u.t.c. - V. Jinling (tentative), China (Nanjing) - (Chinese) - sio:234 - Man speaking Chinese, fair/weak signal but clear and readable; periodic QRM by a fax or other utility stn. Good conditions in to China this a.m. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA U.S.A. - 13 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 13 18:35
11655 khz. - 0109 u.t.c. - RDP Internacional, Portugal, Lisbon - (Portuguese) - sio:544 - Woman speaking Portuguese, announcing several Portuguese pop tunes; several mentions of "Lisboa"; at 0131 man annnounces what sounds like news; at 0157 the woman announcer mentions "poetas", and Camoes (famous Portuguese poet), and introduces a folk song that starts and ends with a bagpipe and a conga type drum. Several ID's as "RDP Internacional". ID before s / off at 0259 U.T.C. 11655 was much stronger than parallel frequencies 9715 and 11980. A new one for me, and first time I've heard non-Brazilian accented Portuguese.. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 12 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 12 17:07
4845 khz. - 0315 utc - Radio Mauritanie, Mauritania - (Arabic) - sio:222 - Man, woman talking in Arabic, with Arabic style musical pieces -- strings in unison, conga type drums -- the signal began to fade up around 0330, when man started chanting. Was the only foreign station present on 60 meter band at the time. Signal and audio still present at 0507, with diminished strength. Extended schedule due to Ramadan? - (Sangean 803A, Sony ICF5900w, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 11 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 12 15:40
5960 khz - 0415 u.t.c. - UNID (Radio Monte Carlo Moyen-Orient?), ??? (poss. Canada) - (Arabic) - sio:545 - Arabic reports by man, and woman; sounded like news program; very strong signal; two clear mentions of "Radio Monte-Carlo". The audio cut off, then I heard the first five piano notes of "Oh Canada", then the carrier went off the air. - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 12 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 12 14:07
11950.0khz - 2158z sign off - Tibet People's Broadcasting Service (tentative), TIBET - (Mandarin) - sio:333 - Tentative logging. Station with Chinese sounding talk and fanfare music just before sign off. Excellent signals from AIR India at the time.ILG lists them as continuous broadcasting past this time, but who could it be? Audio clip available. - (Kenwod R1000, vert - Milwaukee, Wi USA - 10 Nov. 02)
John Wilke WB9UAI - j999w at aol.com -Nov 11 16:40
10,330.0khz - 1100z - AIR, INDIA - (Hindi) - sio:353 - New frequency for me. Talk and music in Hindi. Sigs S5, occasional SSB QRM, would be great freq. with better propagation. listed at 100kw N/S - (Kenwood R1000, Vert. - Milwaukee, WI USA - 9 November 02)
John Wilke WB9UAI - j999w at aol.com -Nov 10 11:12
7205 khz - 1444 u.t.c. - BBC (tentative), Thailand relay - (Hindi / Urdu) - sio:222 - To correct my previous logging, it appears I must've written down the UTC times incorrectly on my paper logbook. Reception time should've been 1444 -1523 u.t.c. I wasn't yet awake at the UTC times I wrote in the previous entry.... I guess it's time to set the clock on the radio to UTC and leave it there. Sorry for any confusion, and thank you, Robin, for the tip.. - ( - Seattle, WA USA - 9 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 10 03:39
7205 khz - 1244 utc - UNID, ??? - (Hindi?) - sio:222 - Man and woman speaking what sounded like Hindi, with the word "hai" at the end of many sentences.... Also many mentions of "Bharat" (Hindi for India). I thought I heard mentions of BBC, but am not sure if that's what I heard. There was QRM from the broadcasters on 7200, and some amateur stations, as well a few static crashes. I had to use the narrow filter on my 803A and tune to 7207 khz. to reduce the QRM from 7200. I missed the ID at the top of the hour, and the station started fading out by 1323 utc. I can't find any BBC or AIR station listed for this frequency and time (or any other stations, for that matter).... Who is this? - (Sangean 803A, 100 ft wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 9 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 9 23:13
11785.0khz - 2030z - Voice of Indonesia, INDONESIA - (EE) - sio:343 - Also idents as "Radio of the Republic of Indonesia, Overseas Service" S7 signals with fair amount of quick QSB. Slightly bassy audio. Program on Indonesian culture. Web page and email addresses given. New one for me ! - (Kenwood R1000, vertical - Milwaukee, WI USA - Nov. 9, 2002)
John Wilke WB9UAI - j999w at aol.com -Nov 9 20:34
6299 kHz (approx.)* - 16.30 utc - Skyline Radio, Netherlands (Klakienaeen) - (EE "included") - sio:333 - "Possible" pirate station. / ID, postal address and location, all repeated several times in more than one language, over the top of "popular" synth. Mx. / *(Note: freq. is only appox. as the receiver used is only accurate to the nearest 5kHz. Use of SSB proved the freq. to be slightly lower than 6300kHz ) - (Panasonic RF-B45 - 1m telescopic whip - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - (static mobile) - Nov. 11th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban74o at supanet.com -Nov 9 18:48
11620.0khz - 2200z - All India Radio, INDIA - (EE) - sio:554 - Excellent signal across the north pole. Slight flutter, otherwise excellent signal in english. No QRM at all. - (R1000, vert - Milwaukee, WI USA - 11/8/02)
John Wilke WB9UAI - j999w at aol.com -Nov 8 22:02
11820.0 - 2150z - BSKSA, Saudi Arabia - (AA) - sio:444 - Half Megawatt transmitter putting in a pretty good sig with the singing of the Koran in Arabic. Beaming EU and NA. - (Kenwood R1000, vertical - Milwaukee, WI USA - 11/8/02)
John Wilke WB9UAI - j999w at aol.com -Nov 8 21:54
7320 khz - 1250 u.t.c. - Radio Rossii, Russia (Magadan) - (RR) - sio:233 - The Radio Rossii outlet for Magadan (Arman) is here on 7320 khz.... the R. Rossii station I mentioned previously, on 7200 khz., is in *Yakutsk*, not Magadan (typing mistake).. Both stations were in parallel. - (Sangean 803a, 100 foot wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 8 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 8 19:03
7140 khz - 1159 u.t.c. - R. France International, (relay in Japan?) - (FF) - sio:343 - ID in English, French and Spanish; and a mention of RFI's web site www.rfi.fr..... Could hear RFI's interval music in the background. Heard some programming in French and Chinese. A relay station in Japan is listed for RFI on this frequency. - (Sangean 803a, 100 foot wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 8 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 8 18:54
7200 khz - 1120 utc - CNR-2, China (Beijing) - (Chinese, English) - sio:334 - It sounded like an English language lesson, with some guy and "Carla"; at 1129 u.t.c. the programming was all in Chinese. R. Rossii (Magadan) was fading up underneath it... both stations completely faded out by 1229 u.t.c., then after a while, both stations began to fade back up (aurora?), with Magadan on top of the channel. - (Sangean 803a, 100 foot wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 8 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 8 18:11
7270 khz - 0318 utc - Radio Tirana, Albania - (Albanian) - sio:323 - Woman speaking in Albanian, frequent mentions of "Shqiptar" and "Tirana", as well as a mention of "Gazeta Albania". QRM from some amateurs near the frequency. - (Sony ICF5900w, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 8 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 8 17:26
11855 - 2110 - Guangdong, China - (EE) - sio:Var. - News, comment, a few Chinese Folk songs. Language feature, including "Lets Study Japanese". Strong interf. from stn. on 11850, but copiable using USB mode and fair to good copy after 2130.. - (ATS-909, reel ant. - Bowmanville,Ont.CA - Nov.7/02)
Thomas Moyer - Ethelyn at Sympatico.ca -Nov 8 02:29
9775, 12035 khz - 0215 utc - Radio Finland, Finland - (Finnish) - sio:544 - Language I presume to be Finnish, heard "Radio Finlandia" by man, strong signal, much stronger on 9775 than 12035. I thought I heard mentions of "Suomi" also. Sign / off at 0300 utc. - (Yaesu FRG-7, 100 foot wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 5 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 7 21:09
11900 khz - 0155 utc - UNID, India? - (Unid.) - sio:334 - Chinese sounding speech by man, then interesting musical piece -- children singing while a Chinese sounding stringed instrument plays. Then speech by man, and abrupt sign off at 0200. All India Radio's service to Tibet listed this frequency and time spot -- the programming seems to fit. - (Yaesu FRG-7 - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 5 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 7 21:02
11620 khz - 0125 utc - All India Radio?, India - (unid S. Asian language) - sio:433 - Fluttery signal, S. Asian music, Hindustani sounding language by man, then S. Asian style music (flute with tabla). AIR service to Pakistan listed this frequency. - (Yaesu FRG-7, 100 foot wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 5 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 7 20:58
9835 khz - 0340 utc - Radio Budapest, Hungary - (EE) - sio:333 - Fair signal, fluttery; woman interviewing man, "this is Hungary Today on Radio Budapest" by man at 0345. - (Realistic DX-160, Yaesu FRG-7, 100 ft. wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 7 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 7 19:48
9900 - 0345 utc - Radio Cairo, Egypt - (Arabic) - sio:233 - Man speaking in Arabic, very low modulation, but relatively strong carrier... Then some pop music with woman singing, much louder modulation. At 0405 there was some synthesiser music, and a woman speaking in Arabic, mentioning the internet, and several web addresses. Then very low modulation again, when a man recited something, with some music in the background. - (Realistic DX-160, 100 foot wire - Seattle, WA, U.S.A. - 7 Nov 2002)
Chris C. - renton481 at yahoo.com -Nov 7 19:06
5060.0 - 1735 - RADIO XINJIANG, CHINA - (Mand) - sio:143 - Music (opera style) // 7310 - (JRC 545 + Wellbrook ALA100 loop - french Alps, south east France - 07 Nov 2002)
Patrick Vignoud - aunumero13 at aol.com -Nov 7 17:41
4760.0 - 16:50 - TWR, SWAZILAND (tent) - (Vern) - sio:334 - Seemed african language - Signed-off 1700UTC after ID "Radio Trans..." probably TWR translated into their language - - (JRC 545 + Wellbrook ALA100 loop - - french Alps, south East France - 07 Nov 2002)
Patrick Vignoud - aunumero13 at aol.com -Nov 7 17:04
5010 - 1635 - RTV MALAGASY, MADAGASCAR - (FF) - sio:344 - News in french - (JRC 545 + Wellbrook ALA100 loop - Location : french Alps, south-east France - 07 nov 2002)
Patrick Vignoud - aunumero13 at aol.com -Nov 7 16:43
6280.2 kHz - 21.00 utc - IRRS-NEXUS, Italy (Milano) - (EE) - sio:444 - Test Tx, mainly in English, relaying programmes from United Nations Radio + Swiss Radio Int. / Can be received equally well in USB as AM, but the 'sio' rating here quoted for AM. / Tx.pwr 100kW, full test sched. 21.00 - 22.00utc, (actually shut down at 22.04). - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 4th, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 4 23:42
9650 kHz - 1130z - Radio Korea International, South Korea - (EE) - sio:444 - News at 1131z followed by a discussion of college entrance exams. Station News at 1141z followed by DX Report. Good solid signal. - (Kenwood R-1000, 135-foot dipole with tuned feeders - Long Island, NY - 2 November)
Art, N2AH - n2ah at hotmail.com -Nov 2 11:58
12050 kHz - 04.20 utc - Radio Cairo (ERTU), Egypt (Abis) - (Arabic) - sio:551 - YL chanting in Arabic (?) at time of reception. The audio, however, was way overmodulating and distorting. So due to the strength of the signal, it was actually causing quite bad QRM with the BBC Af. Tx. on 12035kHz, (some 15kHz below). - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 2nd, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 2 04:55
6011.1 kHz (v) - 02.00 utc - La Voz de tu Conciencia (tent), Colombia (Bagota) - (Spanish) - sio:132 - No definitive ID. Quite weak and due to adjacent QRM rather difficult to confirm. However, on investigation (mostly via var. internet reports), I am cautiously confident that this entry is correct. / YL heard at time of Rx. (pos. Rig.?) / Suggestions welcomed. - (Icom IC-R75 - 30m copper wire ant. - Guernsey, Chan. Isles. (UK) - Nov. 1st, 2002)
Robin Banneville - robinban at dxing.zzn.com -Nov 1 12:50
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